Table 1.

Comparison of proximate composition and dietary fiber content of quinoa leaves with quinoa grains and other plant species (g/100 g dry weight of the sample).

Parameters	Leaves	Quinoa Grains	Maize a	Wheat a	Spinach Leaves b
Moisture	5.23 ± 0.17	12.00 ± 0.11 **
Ash	19.86 ± 0.16	1.96 ± 0.15 **	1.7 **	2.2 **	13.45 *
Ether extract	3.50 ± 0.21	6.00 ± 0.22 **	4.70 *	2.3 *	4.65 *
Protein	27.84 ± 0.36	16.70 ± 0.30 **	10.2 **	14.3 **	25.67 *
Crude fiber	8.02 ± 0.24	8.61 ± 0.21 *	2.3 **	2.8 **	7.33 *
Nitrogen free extract	40.78 ± 0.40	66.73 ± 0.45 **	81.1**	78.4 **	48.90 *
Soluble dietary fiber (SDF)	3.29 ± 1.17	0.74 ± 0.28 **
Insoluble dietary fiber (IDF)	33.07 ± 1.17	10.36 ± 0.14 **
Total dietary fiber	36.37 ± 2.34	11.10 ± 0.15 **

Mean ± standard deviation (n = 3); ** highly significant; * significant; ^a Data according Koziol [16]; ^b Data according Hanif et al. [17].